Winter Solstice 2024 New Zealand. The longest day signals the middle of summer. Here in new zealand, the winter solstice usually occurs around june 21st or 22nd each year.
Winter solstice 2024 (beginning of astronomical winter) on the day of the winter (december) solstice, the sun passes through the southernmost point of the ecliptic, that is, as far as possible from the celestial equator to the south (for the northern hemisphere of the earth). The summer solstice signals the beginning of astronomical summer and the winter solstice signals the beginning of winter.